The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-12-16
IN BRIEF.
Compiled from variOus Sources.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

contributing rh.ulJ Nua the rope HDtV.
SECRETARY FAIRCHILD has recommended
that the salary OF the assistant treasurer
ut San Francisco be increased to So, 900 per
aunum, and the salaries OF the assistant
treasurers at Chicago, New Orleans and
st. Louis TO s., 600 each.
on tho Sth the two houses OF Congress
held very brief sessions and both bodies
adjourned over until the 18th. From the
present outlook, very little viii be done I'm
either branch Of Congress until after the
holiday recess.
OK the Sth, after a lingering illness,
Arch Abbot Boniface Winners, o. S. B.,
founder Of the Benedictine order in the
United States, died at St. Vincent's Alb
hey, Westmoreland County, Pa.
THE convicted Anarchist, Herr Most, has
been admitted to bail pending appeal in
Ids case.
On the Sth a report came from London
representing that Jay Could has stirred
up a lively rumpus among his English CO.
adiusters in tho cable pool by demand ing
better terms for the Western Union Tele-
graph Company than are now accorded
it.
OK the Sth Edward Harrington was con-
victed and sentenced to one months
imprisonment at j Iblin for publishing re-
ports of procee lings of suppressed
branches Of the National League.
A FEH doy1 ago Miss Catherine Gee
was bitten by tho saHne dog whose bite
caused the d3ath Of Mr.. Dieterick in
Waverlr O. Miss Gees wound was on
the arm aud soon hea'el, hut on the I'd
the sore reopened, tho patient became
nverss TO water and she is now showing
signs OF pronounced hydrophobia.
On the Sth a number Of representatives
OF wool industry held a meeting in San
Francisco, and adopted resolutions to the
effect that any red dJction in the tariff on
wool would seriously cripple the industry
and greatly decrease its production in
California. An appeal is to be made to
Congress to maintain the present tariff on
wool
DIED, on the afternoon OF tho sth at
Pulaski, Tenn, Mrs. Benton McMilin,
wife Of Congressman McMillin, OF Ten
nessee.
THE great iron firm Of Armstrong Bros.
a. Co, Of Glasgow, Scotland, have failed.
OK tho 9Th the Republican National
committee issued its call for a National
convention.
OK the 9th Nina Van zandt was recog-
nized as Mrs. Spies by a Chicago library
association.
ON the 9th two thousand members of the
Evangelical Alliance paid their respects
70 President Cleveland
ME. w. K VANDERBILT has arrived at
Constantinople in his steam yacht, the
Alva. After n weeks sojourn he will pro-
ceed to Jerusalem.
THE revenue reformers i'm the House OF
Representatives at Washington, it is es-
timated, will send out more than 100000
copies Of the Presidents message, the
orders for the same already being close to
100000.
on the night Of the 9th John J.. Sullivan
boxed with Jack Ashton in tho presence of
the Prince of Wales. The pugilist was
introduced TO the Prince, who expressed
himself as delighted with the perform
ance,
OK the 9th while tue members Of the
Evangelical Alliance were waiting on the
portico of Che white House, just prior to
their reception by the President and Mrs.
Clevel and, they were joined by man
who, in n loud voice, began to sing the
doxoiogy. lie was led Off by the police.
THE statement is made in London, ON
what is said to be reliable authority, that
the doctors attending the German Crown
Prince have not changed their opinions
as regards his case, and that the optimist
views recently taken are baseless.
ON the evening Of the 9th Secretary and
Mrs. Whitney gave n handsome dinner
70 Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain. Covers
were laid for twenty. There were pres
ent Speaker and Mrs. Carlisle, Secretary
and Mrs. Fairchild, Secretary Endicott,
Mr.. aud Mrs Angel, MIR. and Mrs. Put
nam, Secretary Bayard, Mrs. Macalest ter
Laughton, Admiral and Mrs. Franklin,
Sir Lionel West. Sir Charles Tupper, Miss
Hunt and Mrs. Hit.
on the 9th Miss Theresa Brennan, a
young lady employed in the Englewood,
Cul) Telephone Exchange, received Off
cial notification that she and her brother
were heirs to $4,000 each The money
was left by an uncle, John Brophy, who
diod seven years ago in California and
the cash has been lying in a Canadian
bank drawing interest ever since.
OK the 9th Captain s. :. Blackford,
formerly of tho Capitol police mt Wash
iugtou, dropped dead on Indiana avenue,
in that city. Captain Blackford was
originally from Ohio, but after serving
throughout the war and losing an arm in
battle ho went to Washington to live
and was Tor several years Captain of ths
Capitol police. He was subsequently
connected with the Agricultural Depart
mont where he was employed at the
time OF his death. He leaves a wife anC
one daughter.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
On the sth, at Montrose, Ia, Thoma!
Ellis. Tr., who was being sued for divorce
bv his wife, went to her house and sho
her fatally. He then killed himself.
On the sth Daniel Dougherty, who killed
Graham, the Now York gambler, was ar
raigned at London, for murder
on the evening Of the Sth the EXTENSIVE
Touring mills OF McMillen Bros, at Win
niper, Man, the second largest in tn
Canadian Northwest, burned, IL is thought
from an explosion of mill dust. Loss